POKER NEWS

22 August 2013

Rybin’s Impressive WPT Victory
Rybin’s Impressive WPT Victory

Alexey Rybin completed an emphatic performance in the opening World Poker Tour event of the season yesterday by taking down the WPT Cyprus title and $258,000.

Vahid’s Stack Dwarfs the Goliath
Vahid’s Stack Dwarfs the Goliath

Another busy day in Coventry saw 367 entrance fees collected as the GUKPT’s Goliath event entered its second opening flight.

Stake Me To Play Launches in Style
Stake Me To Play Launches in Style

New staking company Stake Me To Play launched in style on Friday night with the great and the good of the UK poker scene on hand for a swanky launch party at Aspers Casino.

Rettenmaier's High Roller Triumph
Rettenmaier's High Roller Triumph

Cyprus was a happy hunting ground for Marvin Rettenmaier in 2012 with a win in the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Main Event. The German will have fond memories of his 2013 visit to the Mediterannean island after taking down the High Roller tournament at the same event.

21 August 2013

Bilzerian's Big Drop
Bilzerian's Big Drop

Tangling with the pros at the high stakes tables can be a very expensive business for an amateur poker player. Dan Bilzerian can certainly attest to that after a particular tough weekend at the Aria.

GUKPT Goliath Strides into Action
GUKPT Goliath Strides into Action

The GUKPT’s Goliath event kicked off yesterday and by the time the registration book had been closed and each player’s £100+£20 had been counted the end-of-day total stood at 441 runners.

Rybin’s WPT Domination Continues
Rybin’s WPT Domination Continues

A drawn-out final table bubble during Day 4 of the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic saw a number of players come close to elimination but as the session wore on it was Max Droege who hit the rail in seventh.

20 August 2013

GUKPT Goliath Starts Today
GUKPT Goliath Starts Today

One of the best value tournaments in British poker starts today with one lucky player at the GUKPT Goliath set to turn £100 into a chunky five-figure score.

Strasser Rolls Back the Tournament Clock
Strasser Rolls Back the Tournament Clock

One of internet poker’s original stars who left the game for a life on Wall Street has just returned to the game with a bang. Jason “Strassa2” Strasser was one of the world’s best young tournament grinders back in 2005 and 2006 but a life away from the felt soon took him away from poker almost completely.

Rybin Continues to Dominate WPT Cyprus
Rybin Continues to Dominate WPT Cyprus

Russia’s Alexey Rybin maintained his dominant chip stack in the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic yesterday as the field dropped from 31 to just 14.